The social value of humanitarian aid in Donbass

14/10/202016/04/2021 oliverkempton

Envoy Partnership has been engaged by Rinat Akhmetov Foundation to conduct the first social value study of a humanitarian aid intervention. The study explores the impact of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation’s Food Aid Initiative in the Donbass region of Ukraine.

Key findings:

• The humanitarian aid initiative provided food to nearly 1 million people, and benefited 3.5 million people in total,
• 72% of those supported would not have been able to feed themselves and their families without the food aid,
• 96% of recipients said that the food aid made them feel not forgotten by the outside world. Overall, recipients’ well-being increased by 9%. This is a substantial improvement, given that beneficiaries were still living in a conflict zone that is facing huge challenges.
• Over USD 1 billion of social value was created for the people of Donbass.